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I feel that Julian Assange came to be both paranoid and self-regarding in ways that ultimately undermined his own mission.
Alex Gibney
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Alex Gibney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 23
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Philip Alexander Alex Gibney
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Jobs would have ever have asserted that Bill Gates was not serious about technology. He was a huge pioneer in that world, albeit doing something quite different in approach from what Steve did. He was dismissive of Gates' foundation work as something he did to make himself feel better.
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I'm still an Apple person, but let's just say the magic aura is gone. In a way that was a sad thing to lose, but I feel better for it. It's just a machine now, not linked with any greater mission or mystique.
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As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention. Steve Jobs was saying, Don't pay attention to all that stuff. Pay attention to the product you've got in your hand.
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